Invention Grant
US09135505B2 Automated geospatial image mosaic generation with automatic cutline generation
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具有自动切割生成功能的自动地理空间图像拼接生成
- Patent Title: Automated geospatial image mosaic generation with automatic cutline generation
- Patent Title (中): 具有自动切割生成功能的自动地理空间图像拼接生成
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Application No.: US13952464Application Date: 2013-07-26
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Publication No.: US09135505B2Publication Date: 2015-09-15
- Inventor: Christopher G. Padwick , John W. Wallerius , James T. Smith, II
- Applicant: DigitalGlobe, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CO Longmont
- Assignee: DigitalGlobe, Inc.
- Current Assignee: DigitalGlobe, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Longmont
- Agency: Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/32
- IPC: G06K9/32 ; G06K9/00 ; G09G5/377 ; G06T11/00

Abstract:
Automatic generation of a mosaic comprising a plurality of geospatial images. An embodiment of the automatic mosaic generation may include automated source image selection that includes comparison of source images to base layer image to determine radiometric similar source images. Additionally, an embodiment of an automatic cutline generator may be provided to automatically determine a cutline when merging two images such that radiometric differences between the images along the cutline are reduced. In this regard, less perceivable outlines may be provided. Further still, an embodiment of a radiometric normalization module may be provided that may determine radiometric adjustments to source images to match certain properties of the base layer image. In some embodiments, when processing source images, the source images may be downsampled during a portion of the processing to reduce computational overhead. Additionally, some highly parallel computations may be performed by a GPU to further enhance performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140267390A1 AUTOMATED GEOSPATIAL IMAGE MOSAIC GENERATION WITH AUTOMATIC CUTLINE GENERATION Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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